In the last episode of this series, I'll clarify the rules of agreement of the past participle with reflexive verbs in French. This rule is a little bit more advanced and requires some notions of grammar: you need to know how reflexive verbs work (see the links below for brush-up) and what direct/indirect objects and pronouns are. Some native French people don’t make the proper agreement of the past participle with reflexive verbs because the rule can be tricky - I sometimes find myself hesitating a lot too! Let’s see if YOU can get it right after my easy tips ? FYW 106 : "Je me lave, vous … Read More →
FYW 171 : French verbs: agreement of the past participle with AVOIR (compound tenses, part 4)
In this episode, I’ll clarify the rules of agreement of the past participle with AVOIR. This rule is a little bit more advanced and requires basic notions of grammar: you need to know what subjects, direct objects and direct object pronouns are. Some native French people don’t make the proper agreement of the past participle with AVOIR because they’re not aware of the rule – but the agreement of the past participle is NOT optional, so basically they are making French grammar mistakes. Let’s see if YOU can get it right after my easy tips ? In the next part dedicated to this series about … Read More →
FYW 167 : French verbs – agreement of the past participle with ETRE (compound tenses, part 3)
Did you know that the past participles may need to take an extra "E" and/or "S" in some cases? That is when they are being used as adjectives, but also in some specific situations in compound tenses. In this episode, I’ll clarify the rules of agreement of the past participle with ETRE. In the next part dedicated to this series about compound tenses, we'll see the rules of agreements of the past participles with the auxiliary AVOIR. Previous episodes in the series: Episode 164: French verbs: past participles (compound tenses, part 1): frenchyourway.com.au/podcast164 Episode 165: … Read More →
FYW 165 : French Verbs – How to choose between ETRE and AVOIR (compound tenses, part 2)
how to choose between ETRE and AVOIR auxiliaries when you want to conjugate a French verb in the passé composé…or any other compound tense! There’s an easy way to know and get it right every time you conjugate those dreaded French verbs! In the next part dedicated to this series about compound tenses, we’ll see the rules of agreements of the past participles with the auxiliary ETRE. Previous episode in the series: Episode 164: French verbs: past participles (compound tenses, part 1): frenchyourway.com.au/podcast164 Vocabulary and Spelling of the French Words mentioned in this … Read More →